ZIMBABWE senior men’s football team on Monday arrived in Malawi for the invitational four nations tournament. The tournament will see Zimbabwe competing with Zambia, Kenya and hosts Malawi. Scheduled to kick off on Thursday, the games will run until the 26th of March. Zimbabwe will be led by Norman Mapeza who was appointed interim head […]
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Nairobi — The 2022 Wimbledon Open doubles junior champion Angella Okutoyi continued her bright start to her African Games campaign with an easy triumph over Zambia’s Naomi Chileshe in Accra on Sunday night. Okutoyi won the first set 6-3 6-1 to ease her way into the round of 16 in her quest for her first-ever […]
The minister expressed confidence in the team’s ability to make Nigeria proud, in their pursuit of excellence and dominance over rival teams like Egypt. The Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh, has charged Nigerian athletes to make a significant impact as the track and field event of the ongoing African Games starts on Monday. Mr […]
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles finished third in the group behind Uganda and Senegal, with South Sudan coming fourth, in the ongoing 2023 African Games in Ghana. The Flying Eagles of Nigeria have been knocked out of the men’s football event of the 2023 African Games in Ghana after a 3-2 defeat by Senegal Friday night. The […]
Having initially been pushed to the third spot by South Africa, Nigeria bounced back with one gold, three silver and one bronze medal in Thursday’s outing to take their total tally to 60. Team Nigeria is back in the second position on the medals table at the ongoing African Games in Ghana after adding five […]
South Africa made the biggest move on Wednesday, moving from their initial 4th position to 2nd on the medal table at the end of day 7 after clinching six more gold medals. Their move makes them level up with Nigeria on 22 gold medals but with more silver medals than Nigeria, who has not won […]
ZIMBABWE senior women’s cricket team on Wednesday scooped gold at the ongoing African Games after beating South Africa in the final of the inaugural women T20 cricket. The Lady Chevrons needed a Super Over to pick up the victory after a draw in open play. Zimbabwe posted 112 for 5 in 20 overs in the […]
The club, which prides itself in championing women’s empowerment and inclusion, broke away from its usual tradition. Inter Lagos Football Club, also known as “The Pride of Lagos”, kicked off International Women’s Day with an innovative gesture that stunned spectators. The football club, founded in 2023, introduced special jerseys paying tribute to influential Nigerian celebrities […]
ZIimbabwe’s hope of attaining more medals at the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana, seems to be on the right path following an impressive performance by the swimming team on Tuesday evening. Zim’s swimming team managed to bag three medals, positioning themselves as one of the best in the competition. Denilson Cyprianos finished second in […]
Swimmer Denilson Cyprianos on Sunday night won Men’s 200m Backstroke at the ongoing African Games in Acrra, Ghana registering Zimbabwe’s first gold medal. Cyprianos finished the 200 m Backstroke in 2.01.96 becoming the first Zimbabwean male to win this category in the African Games’ history. He was followed by Algeria’s Abdellah Ardjoune who finished in […]
Manica Diamonds’ record signing Kuda Mahachi will have to wait before he marks his debut with the club due to lack of match fitness. This was revealed by team head coach Jairos Tapera on Sunday after his team’s 2-3 defeat at home to Simba Bhora. The majority attended the fixture and were looking forward to […]
Accra — Uganda clinched a historic badminton gold medal at the 13th All-African Games in Ghana in the women’s doubles on Sunday. Husina Kobugabe and Gladys Mbabazi electrified the crowd with their exceptional performance, defeating Algeria’s Halla Bouksani and Tanina Violette Mammeri 2-0 in a thrilling women’s doubles final. “The journey to winning this gold […]
Mercy Genesis kick-started the gold medal rush; winning Nigeria’s first wrestling gold medal in the 50kg category Team Nigeria recorded a clean sweep of gold medals on Sunday at the ongoing African Games after the six female wrestlers representing the country all won in their various categories. Mercy Genesis kick-started the gold medal rush; winning […]
Residents say the Kokstad complex is built in a wetland and “doomed” At least R24-million has already been spent over the past seven years on construction of Jim Payne Sport Complex in Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal, but it is still not complete. In November 2023, the Greater Kokstad Local Municipality advertised yet another tender to complete the […]
Less than five months before the commencement of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended work at the only approved testing laboratory in Africa. WADA said accreditation for the lab in Bloemfontein, South Africa, was removed for up to six months because of faults with a testing method to detect use […]
Siphiwe’s father, former Banyana Banyana coach Joseph Mkhonza, confirmed to www.Safa.net that his 44-year-old son, who also played for Kaizer Chiefs, Golden Arrows and Bloemfontein Celtic, among others, passed away at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital on Tuesday, 5 March 2024 after illness. He was a soccer analyst at the SABC at the time of his passing. […]
Zimbabwean Vimbayi Maisvorewa’s reputation as one of the best female collegiate track and field athletes in the US continued to grow when she was picked for this coming weekend’s 2024 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Maisvorewa is on an athletics scholarship at Auburn University and she is one of the three Tigers who have […]
Team Seychelles received its sending-off for the upcoming African Games from March 8 to 23, in a ceremony on Monday at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay resort. The ceremony was low-key since many athletes were in overseas competitions or training. Those present received encouragement from the Minister for Youth, Sports and Family, Marie-Celine Zialor. “We […]